15 team 5x5 roto keeper league where teams can keep up to 4 players with a 2 rd penalty for each year players are kept on a team.

Recent trade that caused a lot of controversy is Strasburg for Cliff Lee. The team that got Lee is in contention to place and cash while the other team is middle of the pack. Some owners are upset and think their is collusion, while others think it's a reasonable trade given the keeper format. Thoughts?

Well it all comes back to how well you think Strasburg will do next year. If the owner getting Strasburg has truly high standards for him the deal is fine. You should ask the owner who got Strasburg why he did the deal, if he has a reason the trade should stand.

The only way this would be fair is if it were an Auction League and Lee had a high salary and Strasburg a low salary. If it is a draft league, why would anyone trade away Cliff Lee in hopes that Strasburg would be in shape to play next year?

No problem here, people will have some alarm and reaction when they see it but some folks have a very high value attached to strassburgs potential. Whether you, I , or anyone agrees with that matters not..its there. Strasburg went for a lot more than just Cliff Lee in many,many leagues last year and now we are "closer" to his return and theoretically helping his owners.

I wouldnt ever ever do this deal but no veto/fairness issue

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